Description:
view of the Connecticut River Oxbow.
Label Text:
Busch’s use of abstraction and a small canvas to present the iconic Nonotuck, known as the Connecticut River Oxbow, contrasts the nineteenth-century approach to landscape painting which was often defined by a panoramic view of nature from above, as though from a hill or mountain top. The unexpected perspective of Busch’s painting might be an acknowledgment of human scale in a large place.
Nonotuck were named for the oxbow and occupied the immediate area including Amherst. They were absorbed into other tribes who lived along Kwinitekw, the long tidal river. (Boundless, 2023-2024)
Tags:
color theory; abstract; maps; rivers; red; blue Link to share this object record:
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